OMG Earthquake! Can Twitter Improve Earthquake Response?

Research Article| March 01, 2010 OMG Earthquake! Can Twitter Improve Earthquake Response? Paul Earle; Paul Earle U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Michelle Guy; Michelle Guy U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Richard Buckmaster; Richard Buckmaster U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Chris Ostrum; Chris Ostrum U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Scott Horvath; Scott Horvath U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Amy Vaughan Amy Vaughan U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Paul Earle U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Michelle Guy U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Richard Buckmaster U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Chris Ostrum U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Scott Horvath U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Amy Vaughan U.S. Geological Survey MS 966, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado 80225 U.S.A. pearle@usgs.gov (P. E.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2010 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2010) 81 (2): 246–251. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.2.246 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Paul Earle, Michelle Guy, Richard Buckmaster, Chris Ostrum, Scott Horvath, Amy Vaughan; OMG Earthquake! Can Twitter Improve Earthquake Response?. Seismological Research Letters 2010;; 81 (2): 246–251. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.2.246 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Following the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China, earthquake, discussion circulated on the Internet describing how the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake notification lagged behind firsthand accounts sent through Twitter, a popular Internet-based service for sending and receiving short text messages, referred to as "tweets." A prominent technology blogger, Robert Scoble (http://scobleizer.com), is generally credited for being the first to aggregate and redistribute tweets from people in China who directly experienced and reported the shaking resulting from the Wenchuan earthquake. Subsequent earthquakes generated volumes of earthquake-related tweets, and numerous accounts are on the Web. For example, Ian O'Neill discusses Twitter... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.